Russia 3-3 Nigeria | International Friendlies
International Friendlies
·Friendly International
Nizhny Novgorod Stadium
06/10/2026 16:00
(Morocco time)
Match events
- 10' Goal Kelechi Iheanacho (Nigeria) Assist : Abdullahi Bewene
- 30' Goal Lechii Sadulaev (Russia) Assist : Matvey Kislyak
- 37' Yellow card Ivan Oblyakov (Russia)
- 43' Yellow card Lechii Sadulaev (Russia)
- 45'+2' Goal Matvey Kislyak (Russia)
- 54' Goal Alexey Miranchuk (Russia) Assist : Aleksandr Sobolev
- 78' Goal Osayande Peter Edokpolor (Nigeria)
- 81' Yellow card Chibuzo Nwoko (Nigeria)
- 90'+4' Goal Akor Adams (Nigeria) Assist : Umar Abubakar
- 90'+6' Yellow card Abdullahi Omar (Nigeria)
Match statistics
| Russia | Nigeria | |
|---|---|---|
| 62.7 | Possession (%) | 37.3 |
| 17 | Shots | 10 |
| 6 | Shots on target | 6 |
| 7 | Corners | 3 |
| 17 | Fouls | 10 |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
Starting line-ups
Russia
Formation : 4-3-3
- 1 Aleksandr Maksimenko
- 5 Maksim Osipenko
- 14 Viktor Melekhin
- 4 Danil Krugovoi
- 30 Ilya Vakhanla
- 31 Matvey Kislyak
- 11 Alexey Batrakov
- 27 Ivan Oblyakov
- 7 Aleksandr Sobolev
- 20 Lechii Sadulaev
- 59 Alexey Miranchuk
Nigeria
Formation : 4-3-1-2
- 1 Samuel James
- 6 Emmanuel Fernandez
- 5 Benjamin Fredrick
- 3 Isaac James
- 2 Abdullahi Bewene
- 15 Moses Simon
- 4 Aderemi Adeoye
- 17 Chibuzo Nwoko
- 10 Wilfred Igor
- 8 Stephen Fumen Michael
- 14 Kelechi Iheanacho
Data: ESPN
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